Avihu Medina

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Avihu Medina אביהו מדינה, born August 19, 1948, Tel Aviv is an Israeli composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer of Mediterranean Israeli music.

Medina is the third son of Aaron and Leah Medina. His mother's family immigrated in 1906 and she was born in Jerusalem, and his father immigrated to Israel from Yemen in 1939 when it was under the British Mandate. He is Jewish, and his father was a cantor.

He was born in Tel Aviv, and later grew up in Holon. He was a tank commander in the Israel Defense Forces.

He has composed more that 400 Mizrachi music songs. Through 2007, he had released nine albums. He is considered by some to be the best-known Oriental singer, and has composed many of Zohar Argov's songs. He now lives in Petah Tikva.

in 2022 Medina won the Israel Prize for Hebrew Songs

אביהו מדינה (נולד ב-19 באוגוסט 1948) הוא זמר, פזמונאי ומלחין בולט במוזיקה הישראלית, בזמר המזרחי והים-תיכוני בישראל. תרם רבות בשיריו ובמאבקיו ללגיטימציה התקשורתית של הזמר המזרחי, שהפך עם השנים לחלק בלתי נפרד מהזמר העברי. חתן פרס ישראל לתחום הזמר העברי לשנת 2022 (ה'תשפ"ב).